Two dead in the transmitter and Don Carlos in the PoGl
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| Original title | Two dead in the transmitter and Don Carlos in the PoGl |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1982 |
| length | 88 minutes |
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| Director | Joachim Roering |
| script | Joachim Roering |
| production | ZDF |
| music |
Count Basie Duke Ellington |
| camera | Wolfgang Treu |
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Two dead in the transmitter and Don Carlos in the PoGl is a television film by ZDF from 1982. The director was Joachim Roering .
The film is an evil satire on television and the people behind it. It shows a day in the real everyday madness of public television.
content
The television film relentlessly describes the (not yet) real everyday life of a public broadcaster - the place of action is both a regional and a national television company. “Normal” everyday work: plays are produced in two studios: Schiller's “ Don Carlos ” and “ Ulysses ” by James Joyce . An author would like to have his play removed, the television council meets, the director celebrates his anniversary in office and receives the prime minister of a federal state. During the day a dog bites a director and in the end two deaths are reported in this house.
Above all there is the "PoGl", the political equilibrium that must be observed , which among other things ensures that the "Princess Eboli" becomes "Prince Ebolus" in "Don Carlos" for reasons of proportionality . The critics are then expected to praise a revolutionary director's idea.
On the edge
The cast of the piece is top-class right down to the last supporting roles. A number of stars played for the joy of the extraordinary piece for the minimum wage. The music by Count Basie and Duke Ellington underlines the bizarre atmosphere.
Ever since this satire was broadcast, the made-up word “PoGl” has been synonymous in all public broadcasters with “the scissors in the head” and the attempt to exert political influence from inside and outside.
In November 2006 the last reruns were broadcast on the ZDFtheaterkanal .
About the production
At the time of shooting, the ZDF did not yet have a central television center (this was under construction and was only completed in the following years (third construction phase until December 6, 1984) in Mainz-Lerchenberg ); was rotated u. a. in the Berlin ICC , whose confusing and at the same time ostentatious architecture served as a metaphor for a public television company.
Reviews
"Delicious absurdities with a large cast" (TV feature film)
"Sometimes there was a lack of speed. It then seemed that a television company is not a scam-grinder, but is dominated by the gray of the committees and administrators. But how Schiller was ruined by the pitiful Peter Pasetti, like the television council on the socially relevant Brigitte Mira Desperate how director Jürgen von Manger annoyed his guests with Döntjes, how loyal make-up artists tried in vain to put make-up on a politician - that was worth seeing. Author-director Joachim Roehring had skilfully tied the storylines into a chaotic knot. It is remarkable that the ZDF such Finds self-portrayal funny, which with extensive legal dispute and proportional slaughter rather provides arguments for private television. " (Hamburger Abendblatt, April 2, 1983)
Web links
- Meeting in the web service of the ZDF theater channel
- Two dead in the transmitter and Don Carlos in the PoGl in the Internet Movie Database (English)